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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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