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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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