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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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