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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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