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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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