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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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