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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers 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 massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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