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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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