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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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