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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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