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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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