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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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