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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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