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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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