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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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