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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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