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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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