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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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