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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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