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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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