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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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