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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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