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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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