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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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