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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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