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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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