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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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