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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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