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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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