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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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