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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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