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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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