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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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