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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have empowered learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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