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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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