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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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