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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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