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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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