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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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