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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines 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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