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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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