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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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