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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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