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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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