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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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