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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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