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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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