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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key 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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