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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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