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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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