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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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