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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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