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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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