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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about 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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