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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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