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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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