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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business 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 stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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