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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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