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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important 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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