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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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