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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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