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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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