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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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