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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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