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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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