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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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