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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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