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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes 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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