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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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