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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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