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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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