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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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