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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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