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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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