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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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