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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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