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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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