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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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