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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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