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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers 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 assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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