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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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