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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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