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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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