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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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