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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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