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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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