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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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