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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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