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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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