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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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