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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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