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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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