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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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