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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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