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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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