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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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