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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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