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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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