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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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