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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the key 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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