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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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