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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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