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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines 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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