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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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