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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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