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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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