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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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