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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better perceive these open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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