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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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