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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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