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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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