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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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