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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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