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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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