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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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