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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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