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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning enable learners all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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