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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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