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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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