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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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