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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology enable humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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