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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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