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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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