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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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