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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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