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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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