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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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