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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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