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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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