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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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