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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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