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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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