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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning have enabled students all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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