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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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