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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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