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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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