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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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