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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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