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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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