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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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