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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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