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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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