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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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