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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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