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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important 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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