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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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