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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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