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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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