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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning enable learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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