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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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