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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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