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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers 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 MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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