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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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