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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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