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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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