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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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