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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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