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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online learning are empowering humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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