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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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