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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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