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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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