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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are empowering students all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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