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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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