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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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