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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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