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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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