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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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