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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also reviews the 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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