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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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