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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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