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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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