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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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