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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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