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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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