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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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