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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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