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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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