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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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