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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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