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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning enable humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand these open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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