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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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