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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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