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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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