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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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