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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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