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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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