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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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