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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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