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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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