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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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