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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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