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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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