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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning enable people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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