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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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