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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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