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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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