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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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