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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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