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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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