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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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