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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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