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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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