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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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