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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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