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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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