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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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