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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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