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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education enable humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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