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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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