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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning make it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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