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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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