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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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