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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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