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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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