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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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