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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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