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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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