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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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