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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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