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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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