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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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