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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to understand these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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