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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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