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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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