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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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