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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the major 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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