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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business 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 optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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