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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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