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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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