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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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