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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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