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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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