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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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