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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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