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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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