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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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