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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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