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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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