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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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