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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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