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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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