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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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