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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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