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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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