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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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