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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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