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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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