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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers 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 evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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