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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have enabled students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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