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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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