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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education enable humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key 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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