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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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