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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning enable learners all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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