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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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