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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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