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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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