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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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