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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning enable people all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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