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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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