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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand 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 educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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