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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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