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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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