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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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