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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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