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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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