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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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