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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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