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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning enable students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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