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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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