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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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