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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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