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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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