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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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