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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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