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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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