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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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