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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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