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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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