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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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