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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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