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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning have enabled humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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