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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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