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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the key 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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