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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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