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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education enable students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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