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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the 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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