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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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