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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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