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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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