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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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