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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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