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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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