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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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