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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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