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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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