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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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