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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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