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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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