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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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