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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations 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 teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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