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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are empowering humans all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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