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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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