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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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