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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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