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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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