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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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