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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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