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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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