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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology enable students all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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