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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the 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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