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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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