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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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