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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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