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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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