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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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