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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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