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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different 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 deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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