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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning enable students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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