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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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