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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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