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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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