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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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