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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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