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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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