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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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