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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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