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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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