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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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