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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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