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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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