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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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