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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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