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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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