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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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