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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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