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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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