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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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