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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews 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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