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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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