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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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