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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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