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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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