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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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