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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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