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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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