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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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