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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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