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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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