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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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