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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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