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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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