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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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