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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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