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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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