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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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