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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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