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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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