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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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