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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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