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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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