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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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