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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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