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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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