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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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