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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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