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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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