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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key 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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