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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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