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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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