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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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