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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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