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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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