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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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