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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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