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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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