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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key 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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