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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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