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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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