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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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