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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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