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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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