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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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