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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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