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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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