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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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