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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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