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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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