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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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