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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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