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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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