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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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