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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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