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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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