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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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