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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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