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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology enable students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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