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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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