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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education enable people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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