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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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