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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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