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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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