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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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