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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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