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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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