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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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