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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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