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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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