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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the 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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