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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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