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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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