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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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