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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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