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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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