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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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