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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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