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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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