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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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