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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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