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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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