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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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