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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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