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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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