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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors 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 teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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