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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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