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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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