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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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