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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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