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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education undertakings. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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