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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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