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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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