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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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