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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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