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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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