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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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