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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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