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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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