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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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