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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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