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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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