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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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