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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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