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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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