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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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