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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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