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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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