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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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