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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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