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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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