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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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