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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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