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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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