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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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