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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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