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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning enable people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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