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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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