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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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