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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in 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 almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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