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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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