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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education enable students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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