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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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