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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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