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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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