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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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