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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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