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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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