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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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