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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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