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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are enabling humans all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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