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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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