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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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