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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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