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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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