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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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