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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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