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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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