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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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