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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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