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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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