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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key 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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