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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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