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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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