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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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