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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 massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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