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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major 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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