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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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