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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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