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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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