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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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