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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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