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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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