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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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