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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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