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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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