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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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