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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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