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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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