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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to understand these open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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