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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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