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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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