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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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