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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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