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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning enable learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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