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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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