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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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