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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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