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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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