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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants need to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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