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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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