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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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