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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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