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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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