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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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